Wheel and method of making the same.



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I L Y APPUQANQN man 0m22.191s. i I v 1,269,179.. mapped Jung' lggwlgfg tion of the wheel from inside the CHARLES HAYNLES, Gl? NEWARK, NEW' JERSEY.

WHEEL AND METHLD QF MAKEN@ THE Sil'IE.

@riginal application led. July 29, 1914:, Serial No. 853

4 Serial No. 57,255.

, New Jersey, have invented certain new end useful improvements in l/Vloeels and Metliodso Making the Seme, of which the following is e specii'iention.

This invention relates to wheels and to e method of making the seme.- A Wheel involving my invention is simple in construetion, inexpensive to produce, and light. yet thoroughly stronf. By 'the method the wheel con be effectively, rapidly and easily made. The invention possesses other fee- 'tures of novelty and advantage which with the foregoing will be set forth length in the following description. In this description l will set forth two of theseverel convenient forms of embodiment o the wlieel and will also disclose a method, one of several, by which said Wheel cen be inode. As will be inferred, l do not restrict; 'myself to suoli disclosure; l may depart therefrom in several respects within the soope of the. invention defined by the claim following said description.

Referring to the annexed drawings, oonstituting e `part of the present specification;

Figure l is a View of an axle equipped 'with awlieel embodying the invention, die

wheel being shown 1n section, e port of the axle being in section end the remainder in elevation.

Fig. 2 is an elevation of the cenit-rel pornne. aportion of the hub and axle structure being shown in'trzinsyerse section.

Fig. is a sectional view of e web lor the wheel shown in F l in dislied condition Fig. 4lis u cross seetion of o. different form. of wheel.

Fig. 5 is o View in elevation of porlion of tlie wel) of 'the Wheel illustrated in Fig'. 4.

Lilie characters refer *to li .ke parts throughout the several views.

In Fig. l l lieve shown :in axle '2 Wliieli may be of o kind disclosed in l etters Patent No. 1,108,169 issued lo me .ingnst 25, lill-i. The axle 2 is provided willi o spindle 1% with which the wheel hereinafter described can be connected. ils will be apparent this wheel may be connected with 'any other kind of axle or .een be used in any of the eenneetions- 'where wheels are ordinarily uti- Specilceton of Letters intent.

iletented June ,811. Divided and 'this application ef october 22,.

lined. The wheel shown in Fig. l comprises v. wel) end e riin or i'elly 5. The rim or: felly 5 is interiorly channeled. or grooved :is at 6, the channel being circular and therefore, continuous. As represented it is disposed npproxiroeely midway of the width of 'tlie folly. This riin can oe inode in any desirable manner; l have found tliet it can be mede oi elieonel iron or standard eherecter. Thot is to say e piece of channel iron .of the requisite size will be selected and a proper lengli out from it. This length will 'be forn'ied into an nnnnlus and the ends soldered, welded or otherwise suitably oonneoted to present the rim. 5, it loeingf,I evident that tlie channel of the iron will lie disposed inward.

The web el is preferably of resilient or bendelle ure, ond sheet nietol answers setisifeolorily in this eonneetion. l out from e. sheet of suoli stoel; e Circular body to produce the wel, this web initially or when in the liet circuler condition being; of greater diameter time the inside diameter of tlie rim Alter the folly or rim has been formed either in the wey noted or in seine other eoi'ivmiieiit manner, 'lzlie 'web l will lie synnnelrieally dislied or bowed as shown in Fig. 3. The dienieterof the bowed web is less than ille internal diameter of the riin. 5 so tlifxl the web in suoli condition can lie introduced into the rim or folly 5. 1JWhen the peripheral portion oil" the wel) 4l is opposite the Channel or groove 6, the web will loe straightened by a sweging or otliersuitalile operation which results in projecting the marginal or rim portion of the 'web fully into the groove to dans firmly unite the 'feb end the rim el' the wheel. 1lil/'hen tlie'two ports are assembled a. sliown in ig. l. die peripheral portion of the web elosely or snugly lits 'the groove, while the periphery el: the web abuis solidly end substantially against lille bottom off the groove. The bowing or disliingg ol the web een be secured in any desirable manner; 'for ist-ance by :i Swingin@ operation. lt will be clenrlhnt when toe web is Connected with tlie rim in the meneer illustretid in Fig'. 1, tlie web is exiifinsiyely lield in place end as may be inferred, tliis expansion of the rim can lie obtained in diilerent ways, one of which is as set forth by :i swegfing action.

ilie spindle 3 extends through the central opening of tlie sleeve 7. Said Sleeve is eis:-

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ternally tapered andeXtends through the central opening 8 ot the web 4f, the sleeve comparatively closely fitting said opening and having on its inner side an annular flange 9 overlying the inner face of the web l around the opening 8. This tapered sleeve 7 projects into theeap 10 provided with a flange 11 arranged opposite the flange 9 but fitting as will be obvious against the outer surface of the web or disk 11. The circular flange .11 is provided with several projections 12 extending through elongated arcuate openings 13 in the web or disk a and also through the flange 9, the projections 12 being headed at their inner ends over' the inner surface of the flange 9. The sleeve 7 and cap 14 are, therefore, rigidly connected with each other and with the web 4 which they jointly clamp. The transverse wall 15'- of the cap 11 is perforated 'for the passage of the spindle 3 provided at its outer end with a holding head 1G bearing against said wall. rlhe Wall 15 and sleeve 7 are separated to present a space .or chamber in which is placed seine suitable substance 0r packing which will be saturated with a suitable lubri-v cant through a `properly placed oil hole in the cap 10.

ln Figs at and 5 the wheel therein illus'- trated has a web 17 and a rim 18. This rim 18 may be also made ot channel iron in the manner described inlconjunction with the rnn o. ot' the rim 18 is wider-than that of the rim 5. Originally the web or disk 17 is roli' eon-l cavo-convex` form as shown in connection with the web il in Fig. 3. T he peripheral portion o1 the web or disk 21 is made laterally or Ytransversely adjustable to adapt the same to the width the channel as 18 which is intended to receive' it, rllhis condition 1 can secure in several ways, for instance as illustrated by slitting the disk or web 17 inward from the periphery tliereot1 as at 20 a short distance' so as to'produce ears or lugs as 21. Alfter ,the riin or disk 17 is radially slit inipvard a short distance from its periphery in the manner alluded to, the result- The interior channel 19, however,

" mail channel. lhen th@ lugs are thus adjusted the bowed or dished web 17 is introduced into the telly 18 in the manner already described until the toothed or lugged usted peripheral portion of the web is opposite the channel 18 when the web will be liattened in the manner already described so as to move the marginal portion et' said web into the channel 18, the periphery of the web when the latter is flattened, impinglng substantially against the bottom ot' the groove 1 8 and the opposite deflected teeth bearing firmly aga-inst the side walls of said groove so that the' rim and felly will be securely connected.- The present application is a division of my eontemporaneously pending application Serial No. 853,811, filed July 29, 1914, now merged into Patent No. 1,161,919 of Nev. Q3, 1915.

What l claim is:

A wheel comprising an internally grooved rim formed from channel iron, the groove of the riin facing inwardly, and a one-piece web inthe riin, the width of the groove of the rini being greater than the thickness of the web, the latter having 'a plurality of peripheral resilient teeth formed by slitting the web inwardly, the teeth extending in opposite directions to each other, fitted in the groove and yieldingly engaging the side walls of said groove, to hold the parts assembled by the expansive efl'ect of the web, and the latter being practically flat.

ln testimony whereotl I altix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES M. HAYNES.

lffllitnesses v DaNiEL J. BRENNAN, SAMUEL P. WATSON. 

